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Staff

The Team

Paola Maranan is the Executive Director of Children's Alliance, an organization she has been involved with—in one role or another—since 1993. A hallmark of her work has been to bring greater attention to the racial disparities that diminish opportunity for Washington’s kids.

Adam joined the Children’s Alliance in August 2010, bringing more than 12 years of experience reporting on social and economic justice issues. As Communications Director, Adam leads strategic communication around Children's Alliance campaign priorities.

Jennifer leads the Early Learning team at the Children’s Alliance and works with the Early Learning Action Alliance to advocate for policies and practices that ensure Washington’s children, beginning with those furthest from opportunity, get access to the high quality early learning opportunities

Jessica works with the Early Learning team at the Children’s Alliance and with the Early Learning Action Alliance to shrink the opportunity gap faced by low-income children and children of color by advocating for expanded access to high-quality early learning opportunities for all of Washington’s

Seayoung works with the Early Learning team to advocate for racially equitable early learning policies at the state and federal levels. She provides administrative and program support to the policy staff, with a focus on the early learning work of the Children’s Alliance.

About Children's Alliance

At the Children’s Alliance, we’re advocates for kids. We ensure that laws, policies and programs work for kids, and we hold our leaders accountable until they secure the resources required to make all children safe and healthy.